Folding wardrobe



MLWOOLSON. FOLDING WARDROBE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10. @921.

Eatented Apr. .26, 1921 Quitnefifics: Z Z

cynvc ntor: WAFl/E I I cJO/QJOEA MARIE 'W'OOLSOIT, OF CHIGAGO, ILLINOIS.

FOLDING WARDROBE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 265, 15921.

Application filed January 10, 1921. Serial No. $38,108.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, MARIE l VooLsoN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Wardrobes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that type of portable or folding wardrobes in which skeleton frames are inclosed in a casing of pliable material to provide the required storage room for clothing, and the present improvement has for its object:

To provide a structural formation and association of parts of the top supporting frame of a demountable wardrobe, adapted to receive and support in a suspended manner the inclosing casing of fabric and its intermediate and lower distending and form maintaining frames or partitions, and which while affording ample and con venient support for a multiplicity of garment hangers, is adapted to fold in a compact form for shipment and storage, all as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1, is a perspective view illustrating the preferred form of the present invention in an erected. condition.

Fig. 2, is a plan view of the skeleton top and supporting frame of the structure.

Fig. 3, is a front view of the same.

Fig. 4-, is a plan view of a skeleton intermediate or bottom frame of the wardrobe.

Like reference numerals indicate like parts in the several views.

Referring to the drawing, 1, 2, and 3 dos ignate a plurality of skeleton frames of metal or like rigid material, usually of the rectangular form shown, and arranged in vertical spaced relation to each other to constitute the top, intermediate and lower connecting and distending means for the inclosing wall or casing now to be described.

4 designates the wall or casing of the wardrobe, of woven or other pliable material, and secured to the frames, 1, 2, 3, in any usual and suitable manner to form in connection with said frames a closed compartment for the storage of garments. Said walls or casing 4 is provided with the usual front entry or opening, which is usually provided with a closure curtain of woven or like fabric, and fastened in place -by any usual fastening means.

In the present improvement, 5 designates attaching plates or strips of metal (if like material formed with orifices of a key-hole form and adapted for engagement with headed studs or screws on the wall of an apartment or the like, to aid in supporting the upper and main frame 1 in the proper elevated position above the floor. The attaching strips 5 are usliially two in number and are pivotally attached at their midlength to the rear rail or bar 1 of the'upper frame 1 aforesaid, so that when a compact folded condition of said frame is desired the attaching strips can be folded parallel to the rear rail 1 as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

6 designates a longitudinal skeleton member, preferably of the rectangular form shown, pivotally secured to the side bars or rails 1 theframe and at the mid-depth of said frame, so as to be capable of being folded down into parallel and compact relation to said frame 1 as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, when the parts are in a folded condition for storage transportation. The lower rail 6 of the frame 6, provides a horizontal sup )o1ting track for the suspension of a plurality of garment hangers within the compartment of the wardrobe.

7 designates a hook secured. at the midlength of the upper bar 6" of the frame 6, and preferably extending to and attached to the companion lever bar 6 with a view to a more substantial arrangement of parts. The hook 7 is adapted for engagement with an eye bolt or the like fixed in the ceiling or other elevated portion of the room or closet in which the wardrobe is arranged.

Having thus fully described my said invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a folding wardrobe structure of the type described, an upper and main frame of a rectangular skeleton form, and a suspension frame of a rectangular skeleton form pivotally secured to said main frame at the midwidth of the same and provided with an upwardly extending suspending hook said suspension member being adapted to fold into parallel and. compact relation to said main frame.-

2-. In a folding Wardrobe structure of the type described, an upper and main frame of a skeleton form, and a suspension frame pivotelly secured to said main frame and 5 provided with an upwardly extending suspending hook, said suspension member being adapted to fold into parallel and compact relation to said main frame, and auxiliary supporting strips pivot-ally attached to the rear side of said main frame and 10 provided with attaching orifices of a key hole form.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 7th day of January, 1921.

MARIE WOOLSON. 

